One of the few parts of WoW that gives me unbridled geeky joy is minipets, which I’ve proclaimed my love for in the past. Thanks to mmo-champion for the following blessing from heaven: Quote from: Nethaera (Source) We’re pleased to announce a convenient upgrade to the way that mounts and vanity pets are handled in Wrath […]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Achievements, Anonymity and Connecting the Dots
Achievements could be really interesting. There are the obvious parts, like “wow, I ran Strat all the way through 200 times?” to the nostalgic “yay, I killed Onyxia when it still kinda counted” to the banal “this says I’ve jumped 350,000 times, I’m going to go re-examine my life”. That’s cool stuff and will be very […]
Maximum Performance Isn’t Always Maximum Fun
This is a thought in progress. A little rambling. My wife is a combat rogue. Always has been. When she joined the game she fell in love with being a rogue, and she asked what the highest damage version of rogue was. I went off to the internets, and came back with the answer: Combat […]
Posted in world of warcraft Tagged casual, dps, game design, group, guild leadership, leveling, raiding, rewards, rogue, social dynamics, TBC Comments closed
Secret Design of WoW PvE: Your role in a PvE raid
The series: [Introduction, and a call for comments, Solo Difficulty vs Group Difficulty, PvE vs PvP, Variety vs Specialization, Solo Performer vs Group Utility, Your role in a PvE raid] This is how every talent tree of every class fits into a pve raid.
Posted in Secret Design of WoW PvE, world of warcraft Tagged dps, game design, group, healing, hybrid, instancing, pve, raiding, tanking Comments closed